In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Do something about your long filthy hair
It looks like a rat's nest
Do something about your mullet
Get out the hair clippers, jerk
Cut the mullet
Cut the mullet
Cut the mullet
Cut the mullet
Get the rat's nest off your head
Get that crazy-ass mullet off your skull
Take your ass to the barbershop
Tell the barber that you're sick of looking like an asshole
Cut the mullet
Cut the mullet
Cut the mullet
Cut the mullet
The mullet is the reason why people hate you
They are sick of looking at your nappy wheat sack
Nobody wants to look at you with that mullet on your head
Why don't you cut that mullet, you numbskull?
Cut the mullet
Cut the mullet
Cut the mullet
Cut the mullet
Rock over London, rock on Chicago
Insure One, it's the insurance superstore
It looks like a rat's nest
Do something about your mullet
Get out the hair clippers, jerk
Cut the mullet
Cut the mullet
Cut the mullet
Cut the mullet
Get the rat's nest off your head
Get that crazy-ass mullet off your skull
Take your ass to the barbershop
Tell the barber that you're sick of looking like an asshole
Cut the mullet
Cut the mullet
Cut the mullet
Cut the mullet
The mullet is the reason why people hate you
They are sick of looking at your nappy wheat sack
Nobody wants to look at you with that mullet on your head
Why don't you cut that mullet, you numbskull?
Cut the mullet
Cut the mullet
Cut the mullet
Cut the mullet
Rock over London, rock on Chicago
Insure One, it's the insurance superstore
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this song is awesome vacantjosh is a real asshole
this is one song that is impossible to not laugh at.
haha i love this song. it's so true!! lol hahahaha rock over london, rock on chicago :-)
Wesley willis is the creator of death metal!
wesley willis is incredibly underrated.
this man should be regarded as a fucking genius.
ok first of all you are all ignoramuses. ok. cool. wesley willis is expressing his thoughts on the medevil time era budha. swear to god dont change sherry dont change. wesley is pouring his lyrics out like he pours his milk into his cereal in the morning. and he eats a lot of cereal. let me tell you that. also this song goes deep into the crevis of wesleys heart and soul. it expresses his thoughts on nazism and racism and um woman suffrage i think thats what he told me yeah thats what he told me. keep it real and thats what the songs about cuz like mcdonalds makes u fat and so does female suffrage. and wesley is fat and doesnt like when women vote.
MULLETS!
Hmm, maybe i have an unreleased remix version or something, but i remember there being an extra verse after the instrumental break that's not noted in these lyrics. 'The mullet is the reason why people hate you They are sick at looking at your nappy wheat-sack Nobody wants to look at you with that mullet on your head Why don't you cut that mullet, you numb-skull.'
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Oolong is right. The lyrics here are not complete.